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Weekend reads: A week of whistleblower news, including what happens when one gets it wrong; questions about a widely covered study of men with guitar bags

Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a request: Our co-founder Ivan Oransky is celebrating a birthday this coming week, and he’d like nothing more than a gift to Retraction Watch to support our work. Here’s your chance.

“First, Pakistan’s medical universities are alien to the concept of research. Professors themselves violate research rules with impunity and the same malpractice trickles down to the student researchers. Garbage in, garbage out.” Why hundreds of doctors from Pakistan recently lost their jobs in Gulf states.

“A range of problems currently undermines public trust in biomedical research.” A new paper discusses “four erroneous beliefs” that may be contributing to a lack of focus on the need to maintain this trust.